[pittsburgh gop guy]

"The ones who don't like Pinochet are either leftist or fools."

Or have relatives that were leftists or fools that had gone "missing."

I loved Chile when I was there earlier this year. Really surprised by how modern a country it is. Also surprised by all the people of Germanic descent that are there - and not just ones from the last 60 years, but some families that have been there for more than 100 years.

[weikel]

Communist, Nazis, Fundamentalist Islamics etc. These are evil people following evil ideologies. You cannot reason with them their zeal for their respective evil causes is based on faith not reason. They fight dirty and are utterly ruthless thus if you wish to stop them you must be just as ruthless as them. The only solution is to kill them before they kill or enslave you and any free society that wishes to survive should get this through their head and be swift, ruthless, efficient and brutal about it. Too many on the right wish to play nice with these groups but you have to be willing to act without pity in exterminating these vermin which is what Pinochet and Franco did and why the left hates them.